Ratnamalavadana [sanskrit]

83,177 words | ISBN-10: 8172702957 | ISBN-13: 9788172702953

The Sanskrit edition of the Ratnamalavadana: a collection of Buddhist stories (avadana) belonging to the Mahayana tradition. Literally, “a garland of precious gems” or “a collection of edifying tales”, these 38 stories revolve around king Ashoka and the monk Upagupta. Original titles: Ratnamālāvadāna (रत्नमालावदान), Ratnamālā-āvadāna (रत्नमाला-आवदान, Ratnamala-avadana)

नास्माकं सुगतः पिता न रिपवस्तीर्थ्यांधनं नैव ते ।
दत्तं तेन तथागतेन च हृतं किंचित्कणादादिभिः ।
किं त्वेकांतजगद्धितः स भगवान्बुद्धो यतश्चामलं वाक्यं सर्वमलापहारिच यतस्तद्भिक्तवंतो वयं ॥ १५९ ॥ {७५}

nāsmākaṃ sugataḥ pitā na ripavastīrthyāṃdhanaṃ naiva te |
dattaṃ tena tathāgatena ca hṛtaṃ kiṃcitkaṇādādibhiḥ |
kiṃ tvekāṃtajagaddhitaḥ sa bhagavānbuddho yataścāmalaṃ vākyaṃ sarvamalāpahārica yatastadbhiktavaṃto vayaṃ || 159 || {75}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.159 is contained in the book Ratnamalavadana by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (27.159). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nri, Asmaka, Asmad, Sugata, Pitri, Ripu, Tirthya, Dhana, Naiva, Tad, Yushmad, Datta, Tena, Tathagata, Hrit, Hrita, Kincitka, Adi, Adin, Kim, Tva, Ekanta, Jagaddhita, Bhagavat, Buddha, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Vakya, Sarvam, Sarva, Ala, Apaharin, Apahari, Vaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.159). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “nāsmākaṃ sugataḥ pitā na ripavastīrthyāṃdhanaṃ naiva te
  • -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • asmākam -
  • asmāka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    asmāka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmākā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive plural]
  • sugataḥ -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pitā -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ripavas -
  • ripu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ripu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tīrthyān -
  • tīrthya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dhanam -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “dattaṃ tena tathāgatena ca hṛtaṃ kiṃcitkaṇādādibhiḥ
  • dattam -
  • datta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    datta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dattā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (verb class 3)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • tena -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • tathāgatena -
  • tathāgata (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tathāgata (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hṛtam -
  • hṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    hṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    hṛ -> hṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
    hṛ -> hṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √hṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
  • kiñcitka -
  • kiñcitka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kiñcitka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṇād -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ādibhiḥ -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ādi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ādin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ādin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 3: “kiṃ tvekāṃtajagaddhitaḥ sa bhagavānbuddho yataścāmalaṃ vākyaṃ sarvamalāpahārica yatastadbhiktavaṃto vayaṃ || 159 |
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tve -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ekānta -
  • ekānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ekānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jagaddhitaḥ -
  • jagaddhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhagavān -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • buddho* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yataś -
  • yataḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    yam -> yata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
  • cāma -
  • cam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • lam -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vākyam -
  • vākya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vac -> vākya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vac -> vākya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vak -> vākya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
    vak -> vākya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vak class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • alā -
  • ala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    al (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • apahāri -
  • apahārin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    apahārin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    apahārī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    apahārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    apahārī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse yatastadbhiktavanto*va
  • vayam -
  • vaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 159
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